Ch 10: Nervous System ANS

What are the 2 main divisions of the ANS?

• Homeostasis and Medulla
• Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
• Cranial and Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic and Frontal

What does the ANS regulate?

• Heart rate and breathing
• Walking and talking
• Sweating
• Digestion

Does this system work without people consciously thinking about it?

• Yes
• No

What's a function of the autonomic nervous system? (2 answers)

• Blood pressure regulation
• Movement
• Heart Rate and Breathing Rate regulation
• Talking

Sympatheic is "rest and digest"

• True
• False

Which is true about the parasympathetic division?

• causes stress
• known for "flight or fight"
• "rest and digest"
• It's lame

The sympathetic system is responsible for your body's 'fight, flight, or fright' reaction.

• true
• false

What does the parasympathetic division not regulate?

• body temp.
• heart rate
• body during rest
• cholesterol

Targets of the autonomic nervous system include all of the following except

• skeletal muscle
• cardiac muscle
• endocrine glands
• exocrine glands

The autonomic nervous system regulates all but

• heart rate
• blood pressure
• breathing rate
• voluntary movement